Sun and rain protector.



G. SAVAGE. SUN AND RAIN PROTECTOR. APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 16, 1910.

Patented Feb. 27, 1912.

A TTOR/VEY GEORGE SAVAGE, OF 'HAMILTON, P WASHINGTON.

sun AND RAIN rno'rno'ron.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 27, 1912.

Application filed November 16, 1910. Serial No. 592,673.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE SAVAGE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hamilton, in the county of Skagit and State of Washington,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sun and Rain Protectors,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful im rovements inshelters for protecting laboring-men such as lumber-men and wood-cuttersfrom the rainand sun, the object being to provide a shelter in the formof a collapsible shade which can be readily carried from place to placeand set up so as to protect the workmen.

Another object of my invention is to pro vide a shelter which can bereadily con-- verted into a device for operating a saw by.

simply changing the position of several of the arts, whereby one man canoperate a saw in order to cut a tree at any height from the ground.

Another object of my invention is to provide a device which isexceedingly simple and cheap in construction and one in which the mainsupport can be used for various purposes such as a measuring device.

With these objects in view, the invention consists in the novel featuresof construction, combination and arran ements, of parts hereinafterfully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawing forming a part of this specification :Figure 1 1s aperspective view of the device in use as a shelter. Fig.

- 2 is an enlarged detail view partly in section illustrating a'pivotconnection. Fig. 3 is a side view of the device with the parts inposition for use when sawing. I

In constructing the device, I employ a suitable upright A, pointed atthe lower end to adapt it to be drlven into the ground or it may beplaced in a suitable socket, not shown, if desired. Slidably carried bythe upright is a vertically arranged bar B, held 1n position upon theupright A by means of a sleeve or collar 0, and adapted to be clam ed inits adjusted position by a thumb nut At its u per end the bar B carriesa cross bar C whlch forms the rigid pole of a suitable shade or shelterD. The shelter D, which is of any suitable water proof fabric isrectangular in shape and is provided at its ends w1th end rods D, whichare provided midway their ends with suitable sockets D into which fitpointed or reduced end portions of a bar E, the said bar E beingpivotally connected to the bar B and adapted to swing in a verticalplane for the purpose of adjusting the inclination of the shelter D. Thebar E is preferably connected to the bar B at such a point that whenswung into a vertical position the lower ends of the two bars will beflush with each other, for the purpose to be hereafter described. Thetwo bars are slightly spaced apart by means of a suitable d1sk or washerI, which also forms a bearing plate for the bar E to swing upon, the twobars being secured together by a bolt J, which passes through the barsand throughthe washer I, and a suitable nut of any kind works upon saidbolt.

Upon one side of the upright A is arranged a pivoted socket F, WhlCl'lis adapted to recelve the ends of both the bars B and E.

When the device is to be used as a shelter for protection against rainor sun the bar B is clamped to the upright A by means of the collar Cand the nut O, as shown in Fig. 1 and the shelter D is stretched overthe cross bar C with the end rods in engagement with the end portions ofthe bar E as shown. But the device is alsointended to take the place ofone man in working a cross out saw. Especially when the said saw is tobe operated in a horizontal plane for the urpose of sawing ofi' stumpsor felling timer. Usually two men are required to handle such a saw, oneman at e ch end. By means of my device, I am able 0 dispense with theextra man thus enabling a single man to handle a saw of this kind toadvantage. When the device is to be so used the bar B is removed fromthe clamp O and the bar C substituted therefor. The bar E is folded orbrought parallel to the bar B so that two ends of said bars willcoincide and said ends are then inserted in the socket F, as shown inFig. 3. A pulle G is hung from the upper end of the bar d and a cable His run over said pulley and said cable is provided withv suitable hookmembers H at each end, one of which engages the upwardly projecting endportion of the bar E, while the other hook member H is designed to besecured in any suitable manner to one end of the ordinary cross cut saw.In

order to weight the bars B and E an ax or any other piece of metal, suchas wedges, may be inserted in the space between the said bars, thewasher I spacing the said bars apart for this purpose. It will beobvious that with the parts so arranged and connected the operator bygrasping the other end of the saw will upon drawing the same in hisdirection or toward him lift the bars B and E and the Weight carried bythem. Upon reaching the end of the stroke or cut in the direction of theoperator the weight of the bars B and E and the ax or wedges will exerta pull upon the cable H which will tend to draw the saw in the oppositedirection, this device therefore taking the place of one man at one endof the saw.

As the saw is of the ordinary cross out form and forms no part of 'theinvention the same has not been illustrated but it is believed that theoperationfwill vbe clear from the above description. I i

What I claim is 1. A device of the kind described comprising an uprightadapted to be driven into the ground, a bar carried by said upright andvertically adjustable, a cross bar carried by the said verticallyadjustable bar, a fabric adapted to be stretched over said cross bar,end rods carried by the fabric, and a bar'pivotally connected'to thefirst Inentioned bar and adapted to engagethe end rods carried by thefabric.

2. Ina device of the kind described, an upright, a vertically adjustablebar carried by said upright, a second bar pivotally connected to oneside of the first mentioned bar,

the upright and adapted to receive the ends of both bars.

' I GEORGE SAVAGE.

Witnesses:

E. F. EICHHOLTZ, H. J. WEAVER,

